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Test 4 · ★ · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays

Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn. What did he mix up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lín · What happens: say, fall, mix up · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 fènzhōng	punct
4	shí	shí	X	_	5 fènzhōng	compound
5	fènzhōng	fènzhōng	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 fènzhōng	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 fèn	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fèn	det
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 fèn	amod
10	fèn	fèn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lín					with a falling fèn	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with fèn=Manner
2	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What did he mix up?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mix	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mix	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mix	nsubj
4	mix	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 mix	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix up	past · do-support	Lín						vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

fèn means a portion; minute is fēn, high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 portion	det
4	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 fēn	punct
6	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fēn	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fēn	cop
8	fēn	fēn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 high	punct
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fēn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	fèn	a portion					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Topic
2	is	present	minute					fēn property	tree rules
3	be		minute not said here						tree rules

Option 2

fèn means a second, not a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 second	det
4	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 minute	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 minute	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 minute	det
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	fèn				second		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nothing, both tones are fine for minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 fine	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 tones	det
4	tones	tone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fine	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing				minute	fine property	tree rules

Option 4

fèn means an hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hour	det
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	fèn				hour		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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